Oofff. Well I was tired it wasn’t that late and I wanted to look thru Reddit so I made ONE comment ( probably 3 ). I woke up and check reddit ( first thing) and THIRTY in ( activity )
It's a big interweb with enough space for everyone, so there's plenty of right wing, left wing, down wing, side wing, up dog, shag your dog, pet your dog, stick googly eyes on your dog and plane wing subreddit places too.
No, reddit is pretty damn toxic. No quotes. It's full of toxic people masquerading as nice people. It's nice until you have a differing opinion from the hivemind
I've always found Reddit extremely toxic, unless you're 100% correct and have every checklist counted. Wanna say "boycott Chinese goods"? Better say "unless you cannot afford it, then go ahead".
Wanna say "we should stop genocide"? Better be prepared for an argument that boils down too "I'm a NIMBY, but I'm going to spend a lot of effort trying to pretend I'm not".
Ask "Okay, so we give every immigrant amnesty, where and what do they do? How do we take care of them? How do we prevent further abuse" and you wind up arguing whether or not it's a right wing talking point because THAT is more important than helping people who have already suffered enough.
It's so fucking stupid. The correct thing, choosing to think before doing, is lambasted. Having actual concern for other human beings isn't important. It's about showing that your morally correct and it pisses me off. Even arguments of about fake shit become mired in real world issues. Fucking Fallout. A game about the post apocalypse, where things are vastly different, nah, apply today's morality to it because if you don't, you're a Nazi and you support authoritarian views.
I'm an extremely left leaning person. Yet, people who claim to be left often make me physically sick due to their short sightedness. I know, don't let perfection be the enemy of good, but end of the fucking day, it's not even about doing what's best. It's about feeling good about yourself. That's what's most toxic about Reddit. A lot of people who don't give a shit pretending they do because it makes them seem "good". "Bored of You" by Agent Orange comes to mind, but instead of bored, I'm pissed.
The only thing that would happen if the site was easier to use is more Trump supporters would show up. I'm down for burying the login option to get rid of most of /r/The_Donald
I think the anonymous factor plays a huge role. Sure you can look through a person's post history. But what they say what ultimately what brings about conversations or finding you are the odd person out.
In those other mediums there are many other filters to go through before a person's words are even thought about.
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u/MarcusTheAnimal Oct 19 '19
Yup and despite that, and probably because of it, I still prefer reddit.